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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 1000646" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>I don't see it that way. ESPN considers their contracts with broadcast companies and with sports entities to be confidential. They do not want the Big12 nor SEC to know all of the details of the ACC contract. They do not want the ACC to know all of the details about the SEC contract. They do not want Fox to know all of the details, and information that Fox could use to their advantage. I see this as a strong response to someone releasing confidential information. Big companies do not take kindly to that. In general, if you are an employee and you release information, chances are that you will be fired and possibly face a lawsuit or criminal prosecution. If you are a subcontractor and one of your employees releases information, you will likely have your contracts cancelled and face a lawsuit. Companies will do that even if the actual harm is very low because they want to protect confidential information and they want to make sure that everyone involved understands the stakes. </p><p></p><p>ESPN is supporting a motion to seal certain information that is pertinent to the lawsuit, but they maintain is confidential. ESPN has to do this, no matter what future plans they have or don't have. If they sit back and allow confidential information to be made public in this case, then it will hurt them trying to keep information confidential in the future. They filed a strongly worded brief to support keeping the information confidential. Unlike the headlines, they didn't actually "accuse" FSU of committing a felony, they actually say in the filing that it isn't for them to decide whether a felony was committed. They distance themselves from the FSU vs ACC dispute and describe that as a "commercial dispute". The ONLY thing I actually take out of this document is that ESPN very strongly wants to keep their private business contracts confidential.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 1000646, member: 2426"] I don't see it that way. ESPN considers their contracts with broadcast companies and with sports entities to be confidential. They do not want the Big12 nor SEC to know all of the details of the ACC contract. They do not want the ACC to know all of the details about the SEC contract. They do not want Fox to know all of the details, and information that Fox could use to their advantage. I see this as a strong response to someone releasing confidential information. Big companies do not take kindly to that. In general, if you are an employee and you release information, chances are that you will be fired and possibly face a lawsuit or criminal prosecution. If you are a subcontractor and one of your employees releases information, you will likely have your contracts cancelled and face a lawsuit. Companies will do that even if the actual harm is very low because they want to protect confidential information and they want to make sure that everyone involved understands the stakes. ESPN is supporting a motion to seal certain information that is pertinent to the lawsuit, but they maintain is confidential. ESPN has to do this, no matter what future plans they have or don't have. If they sit back and allow confidential information to be made public in this case, then it will hurt them trying to keep information confidential in the future. They filed a strongly worded brief to support keeping the information confidential. Unlike the headlines, they didn't actually "accuse" FSU of committing a felony, they actually say in the filing that it isn't for them to decide whether a felony was committed. They distance themselves from the FSU vs ACC dispute and describe that as a "commercial dispute". The ONLY thing I actually take out of this document is that ESPN very strongly wants to keep their private business contracts confidential. [/QUOTE]
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